UK unemployment rate soars to 11-yr high

PUBLISHED ON: November 12, 2008 | Duration: 1 min, 11 sec

The number of unemployed people in the UK soared to an 11-year high to 1.82 million, with the number of people out of work increasing by as much as 1,40,000 during the September quarter. The rate of unemployment increased to 5.8 per cent for July-September 2008, up 0.4 per cent over the previous quarter, according to the data released by the Office of National Statistics.